Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

upon God, talk less and meditate more. Remember,
“Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
Matthew 12:36. Let your words be select; this will
close a door against the adversary of souls. Let
your day be entered upon with prayer; work as in
God’s sight. His angels are ever by your side,
making a record of your words, your deportment,
and the manner in which your work is done.
If you turn from good counsel and choose to
associate with those who you have reason to
suspect are not religiously inclined, although they
profess to be Christians, you will soon become like
them. You place yourself in the way of temptation,
on Satan’s battleground, and will, unless constantly
guarded, be overcome by his devices. There are
persons who have for some time made a profession
of religion, who are, to all intents and purposes,
without God and without a sensitive conscience.
They are vain and trifling; their conversation is of a
low order. Courtship and marriage occupy the
mind to the exclusion of higher and nobler
thoughts.
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